Gastrodontoidea

Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade.

Gastrodontoidea
Two live individuals of Zonitoides arboreus on the roots of orchid plants.
Scientific classification
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Gastrodontoidea

Tryon, 1866
Families

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Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), families in this superfamily include:

  • Gastrodontidae
  • Chronidae
  • Euconulidae
  • Oxychilidae
  • Pristilomatidae
  • Trochomorphidae
  • Fossil taxa probably belonging to the Gastrodontoidea are:
    • Subfamily † Archaeozonitinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
      • Archaeozonites Sandberger, 1873 - type genus of Archaeozonitinae
    • Subfamily † Grandipatulinae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
      • Grandipatula Cossmann, 1889 - type genus of Grandipatulinae
    • Subfamily † Palaeoxestininae Pfeffer, 1930[1]
      • Palaeoxestina Wenz, 1919 - type genus of Palaeoxestininae

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily with the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:[2]

 limacoid clade 
 Staffordioidea 

Staffordiidae

 Dyakioidea 

Dyakiidae

 Gastrodontoidea 

Pristilomatidae

Chronidae

Euconulidae

Trochomorphidae

Gastrodontidae

Oxychilidae

 Parmacelloidea 

Trigonochlamydidae

Parmacellidae

Milacidae

 Zonitoidea 

Zonitidae

 Helicarionoidea 

Helicarionidae

Ariophantidae

Urocyclidae

 Limacoidea 

Vitrinidae

Boettgerillidae

Limacidae

Agriolimacidae

References

  1. Pfeffer G. J. (1930). "Zur Kentniss tertiärer Landschnecken." Geologische und Paleontologische Abhandlungen new series, 17(3): 1-230., plates 1-3. page 17, page 10 and page .
  2. Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
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